Chapter 2552
The entire District 001 was roiling with undercurrents. Compared to the repression and indignation of the district government, the Outer District Forces side was much more composed. Besides the contribution of players from the Outer Zone who already lived in District 001, and with the Holy Sword Society working tirelessly, the real instigators of this occupation war had only sent a handful of people.
Except for the Silver Robed Man killed by Xu Huo, the others stayed on a spacecraft not far from District 001, never setting foot into District 001.
After the Silver Robed Man had failed to return from District 001 for a long time, one person left the ship, opened the passage left by the Super Player in the Super Dungeon, and entered District 001.
Coincidentally, he chose the passage Xu Huo had just gone through.
This passage couldn’t be opened, but the members of the Holy Sword Society guarding the area were already dead, and District 001 had arranged a few players to watch over it. Thus, the moment he stepped out of the passage, he was attacked.
The newcomer was dressed in casual sportswear, casually donned a crystal mask on his face, and walked out of the passage as if in a land of no one. He raised his hand and gently pointed in the air, and the players who attacked were cut into several pieces by invisible Spatial Power.
"Too heavy-handed." The man’s blue eyes lingered on the corpse pieces for a moment, instructing the remaining two players, "Take your comrades back. Don’t die for something meaningless."
With their comrades killed in front of them, the two would not rest easy, but the result of resisting only led to them following their comrades’ fate.
"Why do so many never listen?" The blue-eyed man sighed, walking further along the passage of Chaotic Space. Upon reaching the training field, he glanced at the silver robe lying in the grass, letting out an uncontrollable laugh, "Died here, what a ship overturning in the gutter, truly refreshing."
The blue-eyed man did not retrieve the remains nor touch the surrounding Time Force. Instead, he gently rotated the gemstone ring on his index finger, and then the Time Force began to move, resonating and projecting images from the past, as if slicing multiple scenes from a film, sometimes advancing, sometimes reversing.
"I allow you to self-sacrifice... Hahaha!" The blue-eyed man laughed, clutching his stomach and bending over with amusement, "Where did you learn such words, truly killing me with laughter!"
As the time reversal continued, he saw the death of the Silver Robed Man and the person who killed him.
"Didn’t laugh someone to death, but laughed himself to death." He collected his laughter, carefully examining the entire process of Time Force killing, finally turning the ring to freeze the moment when Xu Huo turned.
As if face-to-face, the blue-eyed man met Xu Huo across time.
All appearances and decorations were fake, but only the information revealed from the eyes could pass through time and remain forever.
(Awaiting revision)
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Instead of internal strife, it’s better to seize from the outside, thus creating three modes of zone occupation.
The first is players battling. Naturally, winners can claim the district.
The second is like the current situation in District 001, unannounced on the surface, gradually transitioning covertly.
And the third is directly slaughtering the area, ensuring any chance of revenge is annihilated.
For technologically advanced districts, slaughtering the area isn’t difficult, even extremely simple because each district stores certain super-large weapons. They just need to arrange for interference with the weapon, and the district will immediately self-destruct.
Of course, this method is rarely used, especially by developed districts, only to plunder resources, there’s no need for such costly methods.
But it’s indeed a method, so once a district is chosen and targeted, everyone in it becomes a hostage. The powerful districts might not need to take any actual action to possibly obtain a district.
Districts like 001 that are strong enough with sufficient resources can’t easily adopt slaughtering tactics. And open warfare would result in massive losses. Using covert transition is the most suitable approach, reducing casualties while controlling the information.
Coincidentally, it’s the election of the District 001 Council, which makes it even better. All that is needed is for key personnel within District 001 to withdraw at the right time, and new people can naturally replace them.
District 001 realized the underlying conspiracy belatedly, and when it was already irreversible, they couldn’t publicly announce the impending occupation. Firstly, to protect those captured, secondly, to protect the ordinary people who knew nothing. But the fate of becoming a supply zone was evident, and how could the district government be content to let its descendants unknowingly become someone else’s nourishment?
Too late to turn the tide, they could only rely on time, planting a seed hoping to yield the desired fruit in the future.
The final election day hadn’t arrived yet, but half a day ago, they gave up searching for the key personnel’s families. Eight hours ago, they abandoned searching for key personnel. Seven and a half hours ago, they gathered the military, Law Enforcement Team, and all advanced players from the Player Organization for standby. Six hours ago, all district government employees left the office building. Five hours ago, the United Capital began lockdown, dispersing all protesting crowds. Four hours ago, military bases around large and medium-sized cities in District 001 entered a state of lockdown. Three hours ago, all players on secret missions were recalled. Two hours ago, the district government office area unlocked the gaming disconnection. One hour ago, children who had undergone talent screening were shipped out in batches and directional groups...
Many other missions were being secretly conducted, but time was tight, and the Outer District Forces wouldn’t allow them to take away critical resources. So, apart from children and high-IQ talents, all else had to compromise the quantities to at least leave District 001 with some unseen wealth.
On the conference table sat a specially encrypted terminal, capable of directly contacting all members of the first squad. Once they returned to District 001, the terminal would immediately receive a signal, and their ultimate purpose sitting around the table was to wait, to wait for a result.
If a new Super Player emerged, the crisis in District 001 would soon pass, but if only some players escaped, their latest order was to evacuate.
If District 001 was successfully occupied, then these elite players would be both torches and fire. Their skills and experience were enough to educate generations to come.
"Mr. Valen, only eight hours remain." Previously, the Player who greeted Xu Huo and the others into the district government approached Valen to remind him, only eight hours remain until the announcement of the final election result.
Valen exhaled deeply, glanced at another Outer District candidate seated at the table. This was his colleague and ally; their eyes met, lightly nodding to each other.
"You should visit the Wan Family personally." Valen said, "Send the Hero first; I will come as the sinner soon after."